The Warren Alpert Foundation and Harvard Medical School invite you to the Warren Alpert Foundation Prize symposium honoring:
Francis Collins
Paul Negulescu
Bonnie Ramsey
Lap-Chee Tsui
Michael Welsh
for pioneering contributions to the discovery of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene and to the subsequent research that led to the development of transformational precision medicines to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis.
Cystic Fibrosis: From Gene Discovery to Basic Biology to Precision Medicines
Thursday, October 4, 2018
1:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, New Research Building, Harvard Medical School
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston
RSVP: wap@hms.harvard.edu
Opening Remarks:
George Q. Daley, MD, PhD
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
Harvard University
Vamsi K. Mootha, MD
Professor of Systems Biology and Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital
HHMI Investigator
Featured Speakers
Francis Collins, MD, PhD
Director, National Institutes of Health
Paul Negulescu, PhD
Senior Vice President, Research, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
Bonnie Ramsey, MD
Vice Chair and Endowed Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine
Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Seattle Children’s Research Institute
Michael Welsh, MD
Professor, Internal Medicine and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Investigator HHMI, Director, Pappajohn Biomedical Institute
Pamela Davis, MD, PhD
Dean, School of Medicine, and Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs, Case Western Reserve University
Jay Rajagopal, MD
Professor of Medicine, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
HHMI Faculty Scholar
Seating is on a first come, first served basis
For complete information visit: http://warrenalpert.org/symposium
LOCATION:Harvard Medical School, Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, New Research Building, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTART:20181004T173000Z DTEND:20181004T210000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR